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hard clam

species of mollusc
Taxon taxon Q2279087
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Summary

hard clam is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.7% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,323 views/month, #1,372 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Mercenaria[4]
  • Taxon name: Mercenaria mercenaria[5]
  • Commons category: Mercenaria mercenaria[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Mercenaria mercenaria[7]
  • Commons gallery: Mercenaria mercenaria[8]
  • Described by source: The New Student's Reference Work[9]
  • Short name: M. mercenaria[10]
  • Taxon common name: Amerikaanse venusschelp[11], amasuela americana[12], trda ladinka[13]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[14]

Body

Identifiers

hard clam's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 125758[15]. hard clam's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 6596[16]. hard clam's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2287668[17]. hard clam's ITIS TSN is recorded as 81496[18].

Why It Matters

hard clam has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [16] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [18] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [17] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . sabencia.net. sabencia.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
    Instance of → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Mercenaria mercenaria
    Instance of → taxon
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: quahogs, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289952969|quahogs (#289952969)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'm"
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